It takes a little time and patience to end up with a nice round giant pom pom.
It also helps if you pass your fingers through your pom pom to unravel the yarns. If you want to attach your pom pom on a blanket or a scarf, don’t trim the piece of yarn you used to make the last central knot.ĭon’t hesitate to turn it or to shake it. Take your scissors and trim the pom pom to give it a nice round shape. It has a funny shape right now, but nothing that a good trim can’t fix. It also help if the yarn is not wrapped to tie around the hoop. It’s almost impossible to cut all layers at once, so proceed little by little. I used my seamstress scissors and also my embroidery scissors. Once you are done wrapping the yarn, and that all layers are strongly knotted in the center, take a very sharp pair of scissors and cut all the yarn layers following the hoop. Repeat 2 or 3 times to ensure all yarn is well tie together.Īnd again, repeat the previous steps until you have wrapped enough yarn to have an extra-large pom pom.Īs I said I used one skein of yarn to make a 6 in. Take another piece of yarn, pass it through the yarn layers and tie a knot. So, keep wrapping an other layer of yarn around the embroidery hoop. You now have to repeat the previous steps several times. Once you are done tying knots, cut the extra yarn lenght. If you have any doubt about this step, you can watch the video tutorial. So you ensure all the wrapped yarns of this layer all well attach together. The best is to pass the piece of yarn 2 o 3 times and to tie several knots. Take a piece of yarn, pass it through the layers of wrapped yarns and tie a knot in the center of the hoop, where yarns cross. Once you have wrapped a first layer of yarn around the hoop attach them together in the center. It works just fine but it’s easier if you don’t have to wrap the yarn around the metallic closure. I must have used the inside for a previous project. I only found the outer part of this embroidery hoop.
It’s easier if you use the inner part of the hoop. I used one yarn skein of 3.5 oz (100g) to make one jumbo pom pom of 6 in. They are plenty of embroidery hoop sizes, so you can pick the one that work best for your project.Īs you can imagine you will need a good quantity of yarn to make a giant pom pom. hoop and end up with a pom pom of a similar diameter. The size of the embroidery hoop will determine the dimension of your pom pom. You only need a few simple supplies to make big pom poms:
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RELATED: How to make a Pom Pom Blanket How to make extra large pom poms Therefore it’s a great option if you want to make DIY giant pom poms to add to a throw blanket, a pillow, or a scarf. You will see that you have to attach the yarns together several times, so the pom pom is strongly tied together in its center and won’t fall apart if washing.
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You can find the full step by step below along with a video tutorial.
If you want to make a huge pom pom that doesn’t fall apart, I suggest you have a look at this clever idea. However if you can use a traditional pom pom maker (or a cardboard one) to create any pom pom size you dream about, it won’t work as well to make giant yarn pom poms. I’m pretty sure you learn how to make make some back in elementary school. Making pom poms is probably one of the easiest thing to craft.
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